Bottle and baby&#39;s teething ring



March 29, 1955 R. w. NEw ow 2 705,01

BOTTLE AND BABY is TEETl-llNG RING Filed Feb. 17, 1954 'mmvron flZ/Z z/Zrr. 7 BY ul a United States Patent BOTTLE AND BABYS TEETHING RING Ralph W. Newton, Palmer, Mass., assignor to John H.

Breck, Inc., Springfield, Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Application February 17, 1954, Serial No. 410,864

2 Claims. (Cl. 128-359) This invention relates to bottle and babys teething ring.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a bottle and teething ring and according to novel features of the invention the bottle is provided with a hub portion which is receivable in the teething ring so that the bottle and teething ring provide a unitary structure when the ring is not being used.

The bottle may be used for preparations for infants such as lotions, oil and the like and the teething ring may be kept with the bottle for convenience and availability when needed.

According to the novel construction of the invention, the teething ring may be readily and easily released from nested relation with the bottle for use by the infant all as will appear.

All of the above objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangements of parts thereof, as will fully appear by a perusal of the description below and lfay trflarious specific features which will be hereinafter set To the above cited and other ends and with the foregoing and various other novel features and advantages and other objects of my invention as will become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed and more fully described and referred to in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figs. 1 and 2 are side and edge elevational views of a bottle and teething ring of the invention; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the teething ring having bottle engaging means associated therewith.

Referring now to the drawings more in detail, the invention will be fully described.

A bottle is represented by 2 which has a front face 4, a rear face 6 and an upper neck 8.

A cap 10 is provided on the upper portion of the neck which may be of any form for dispensing the contents of the bottle. Said bottle may be formed from various materials but will preferably be formed from a suitable type of plastic.

A teething ring 12 formed from lightweight material such as suitable plastic is provided which has a retainer 14 secured to and extending therefrom. Said retainer will be formed from pliable plastic and has an upper por tion 16 which loosely encircles the bottle neck 8.

The retainer will be such that it will bend or flex so that the teething ring may be moved relative to the bottle. The teething ring will be relatively more rigid than the retainer but of a character to serve in the common manner of a teething ring.

The forward face 4 of the bottle is provided with a forwardly projecting hub 18 which provides an annular shoulder 20 disposed substantially perpendicular to the face 4.

The inside diameter 13 of the ring 12 is so proportioned relative to the diameter of the shoulder 20 of the hub that the ring snugly embraces the hub with a frictional action. That is, the ring is a snug fit on the hub so that there will be no unwanted separation of the bottle and ring in the ordinary use of the bottle. The teething ring, however, may be removed from the hub when desired.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the ring 12 by reason of the nature of the retainer may be moved relative to the bottle. in Fig. 3 a retainer 14' has a cut-out 22 for receiving the neck 8 of the bottle and laterally spaced depending ears 24 for engaging the upper portion of the rear face of the bottle when the ring is assembled on the hub. The retainer will be sutliciently pliable to facilitate the ring being placed around the hub and removed therefrom.

Thus it may be desired to have the ring non-separable from the bottle in some cases while in other cases it may be desired to provide separation of the ring and bottle.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the essential characteristics thereof. Hence, the present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects merely as being illustrative and not as being restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all modifications and variations as fall within the meaning and purview and range of equivalency of the appended claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A combined bottle and teething ring, said bottle having a forward face and a neck extending radially outwardly from the upper side thereof, a hub extending from said forward face having a periphery disposed substantially perpendicularly relative to said face, said teething ring disposed on the forward face of the bottle and provided with a central opening frictionally embracing the periphery of said hub and provided with a relatively pliable retainer extending radially from a side of said ring releasably engaging the upper side of the bottle.

A combined bottle and teething ring, said bottle having a forward face and a neck extending radially outwardly from the upper side thereof, a hub extending outwardly from the forward face of the bottle having a peripheral portion disposed perpendicular relative to said forward face, said teething ring disposed on the forward face of the bottle having a central opening frictionally embracing the periphery of said hub and provided with a relatively pliable retainer extending radially of said ring and releasably engaging the upper side of the bottle adjacent opposite sides of said neck.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 728,735 Lowenstein May 19, 1903 

